1996–97 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season 1996–97
Champions Metalurh Donetsk
Promoted Metalurh Mariupol
Relegated Odessa
Krystal Chortkiv
Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Veres Rivne
Top goalscorer (22) Oleksiy Antyukhin (Dynamo-2 Kyiv)

Ukrainian First League 1996–97 was the sixth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Metalurh Donetsk. The season started on August 4, 1996, and finished on June 20, 1997.

Promotion and relegation

Three clubs promoted from the 1995–96 Ukrainian Second League.

Group A
  • FC CSKA Kyiv – champion (returning after four seasons, previously in 1992 as SKA Kiev)
Group B

Relegated teams

Three clubs were relegated from the 1995-96 Ukrainian Top League:

Renamed teams

  • FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod changed its name to FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod before the season.
  • FC CSKA Kyiv changed its name to FC CSKA-2 Kyiv before the season since becoming the farm team of the Borysfen-CSKA merger.
  • FC Dnipro Cherkasy changed its name to FC Cherkasy during the winter break.

Teams

In 1996-97 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

ClubCityStadiumCoachReplaced coach(es)
Metalist KharkivKharkivMetalist StadiumMykhailo FomenkoViktor Udovenko
Veres RivneRivneAvanhard StadiumViacheslav Kobeletsky
Poligraftechnika OlexandriaOleksandriyaOlimp StadiumYuriy KovalAnatoliy Buznyk
Podillya KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi
Krasyliv		Podillya Stadium
Yunist Stadium		V.KvartsyanyVolodymyr Bulhakov
Krystal ChortkivChortkivKharchovyk StadiumV.IveheshIvan Hamaliy
LvivLvivYunist StadiumStepan Yurchyshyn
Dynamo-2 KyivKyivDynamo StadiumVolodymyr Onyshchenko
Yavir KrasnopilliaKrasnopillyaKolos Stadium
Yavir Stadium		Valeriy Dushkov
Stal AlchevskAlchevskStal StadiumAnatoliy Volobuyev
Dnipro CherkasyCherkasyCentral Stadium
Spartak Stadium		Semen OsynovskyiIhor Chupryna
Bazhanovets MakiivkaMakiivkaAvanhard StadiumViktor Pyshchev
Bukovyna ChernivtsiChernivtsiBukovyna StadiumV.BohuslavskyYukhym Shkolnykov
Khimik ZhytomyrZhytomyrCity StadiumHryhoriy IshchenkoV.Veber
Naftovyk OkhtyrkaOkhtyrkaNaftovyk StadiumVasyl YermakOleksandr Dovbiy
Metalurh NikopolNikopolElektrometalurh StadiumHryhoriy Verzhelenko
Volyn LutskLutskAvanhard StadiumA.Radchenko
Zakarpattia UzhhorodUzhhorodAvanhard StadiumOleksandr Holokolosov Sr.Matviy Bobal
Zorya LuhanskLuhanskAvanhard StadiumA.ShakunAnatoliy Kuksov
CSKA-2 KyivKyivCSKA StadiumA.ShtelinA.Petrakov
Khimik SeverodonetskSieverodonetskKhimik StadiumYuriy KovalYuriy Vankevych
OdessaOdessaSKA StadiumSerhiy Marusyn
SC MykolaivMykolaivCentral StadiumAnatoliy ZayaevYevhen Kucherevsky
Metalurh DonetskDonetskShakhtar StadiumYevhen Korol
Metalurh MariupolMariupolAzovstal StadiumYuriy Pohrebnyak

Final table

P
Team
G
W
D
L
Dif
Pts
Misc
1 Metalurh Donetsk (C, P) 46 32 5 9 77:39 101 (+) new – Vyscha Liha97-98 – Promoted
2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 46 29 8 9 91:33 95
3 Metalurh Mariupol (P) 46 29 6 11 92:56 93 (+) new – Vyscha Liha97-98 – Promoted
4 Volyn Lutsk 46 26 5 15 62:47 83 (-) new
5 Naftovyk Okhtyrka 46 25 6 15 76:43 81
6 Stal Alchevsk 46 23 9 14 76:43 78
7 SC Mykolaiv 46 21 12 13 66:37 75 (-) new
8 FC Lviv 46 20 9 17 56:43 69
9 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 46 19 10 17 64:51 67
10 Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria 46 17 14 15 55:51 65
11 Metalurh Nikopol 46 20 4 22 60:66 64
12 Metalist Kharkiv 46 18 9 19 55:53 63
13 Yavir Krasnopillia 46 18 7 21 61:61 61
14 Khimik Severodonetsk 46 16 11 19 64:62 59
15 Verkhovyna Uzhhorod 46 17 7 22 56:78 58
16 Shakhtar Makiivka 46 15 11 20 55:62 56
17 FC Cherkasy 46 16 7 23 46:78 55
18 Khimik Zhytomyr 46 15 10 21 44:61 55
19 CSKA-2 Kyiv 46 15 9 22 37:56 54 (+) new
20 Zoria Luhansk 46 16 5 25 58:84 53 (-) new
21 SC Odesa (R) 46 14 8 24 47:79 50 Druha Liha – Relegated
22 Podillia Khmelnytskyi (R) 46 11 13 22 40:66 46 Druha Liha – Relegated
23 Veres Rivne (R) 46 11 9 26 36:79 42 Druha Liha – Relegated
24 Krystal Chortkiv (R) 46 9 6 31 31:77 33 Druha Liha – Relegated

Legend:

- Promoted

- Relegated

Persha Liha 1996-97 Winners
FC Metalurh Donetsk
First title

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.[1]

Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Ukraine Oleksiy Antiukhin 22 (7) Dynamo-2 Kyiv
2 Ukraine Yuriy Hetman 21 (1) Metalurh Mariupol
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Sevidov 20 Metalurh Donetsk
4 Ukraine Viktor Diak 18 (10) Shakhtar Makiivka
5 Ukraine Kostyantyn Pinchuk 16 (12) Metalurh Mariupol
6 Ukraine Yevhen Sonin 15 (3) SC Mykolaiv
7 Ukraine Oleksandr Ostashov 14 Metalurh D. / Stal
Ukraine Oleh Babenko 14 (1) Khimik Severodonetsk
9 Ukraine Oleksandr Karabuta 13 Metalist Kharkiv
Ukraine Borys Shurshyn 13 (2) Yavir Krasnopillya

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistics (in Russian)
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